dziadowski

Polish

Etymology

From dziad + -owski. First attested in 1564.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑaˈdɔf.ski/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔfski
  • Syllabification: dzia‧dow‧ski

Adjective

dziadowski (comparative bardziej dziadowski, superlative najbardziej dziadowski, derived adverb po dziadowsku)

  1. (archaic, relational, not comparable) grandfather (parent of mother or father)
  2. (obsolete, relational, not comparable) grandfather (old person)
  3. (relational, not comparable) beggar
    Synonym: żebraczy
  4. (colloquial) shoddy, low-quality; bad
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zły
  5. (colloquial, of quality or amounts) lower than expected, too low

Declension

References

  1. Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “dziadowski”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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